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Re: Options are not set

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From: Thorsten Haude <zsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Options are not set
Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 20:25:41 +0200
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Hi,

* Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [02-05-07 19:28]:
>On Tue, 7 May 2002, Thorsten Haude wrote:
>> - No history is written
>Did you set the HISTSIZE and SAVEHIST variables?
No, $SAVEHIST is not set.
$HISTFILE was also missing.

I must say I'm surprised that these are not set by default.

>> - If I want to start a program in subdir 'source' and enter
>> 	sour<tab>
>> I get
>> 	source _
>> not the
>> 	source/_
>> I expect.
>That's because there's a built-in command named "source", so zsh assumes
>that's what you mean.
Duh! I never use source, I always try to call source/nedit, and I
seldom try to call anything else this way.
Yes, that works alright too for any other directories.

Thanks for your help!

Thorsten
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